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Chapter 15

           

           "Iadmiredyourresolutionverymuch,sir,"saidhe,"inventuringoutinsuchweather,forofcourseyousawtherewouldbesnowverysoon.Everybodymusthaveseenthesnowcomingon.Iadmiredyourspirit;andIdaresayweshallgethomeverywell.Anotherhourortwo’ssnowcanhardlymaketheroadimpassable;andwearetwocarriages;ifoneisblownoverinthebleakpartofthecommonfieldtherewillbetheotherathand.IdaresayweshallbeallsafeatHartfieldbeforemidnight."

           Mr.Weston,withtriumphofadifferentsort,wasconfessingthathehadknownittobesnowingsometime,buthadnotsaidaword,lestitshouldmakeMr.Woodhouseuncomfortable,andbeanexcuseforhishurryingaway.Astotherebeinganyquantityofsnowfallenorlikelytofalltoimpedetheirreturn,thatwasamerejoke;hewasafraidtheywouldfindnodifficulty.Hewishedtheroadmightbeimpassable,thathemightbeabletokeepthemallatRandalls;andwiththeutmostgood-willwassurethataccommodationmightbefoundforeverybody,callingonhiswifetoagreewithhim,thatwithalittlecontrivance,everybodymightbelodged,whichshehardlyknewhowtodo,fromtheconsciousnessoftherebeingbuttwospareroomsinthehouse.

           "Whatistobedone,mydearEmma?whatistobedone?"wasMr.Woodhouse’sfirstexclamation,andallthathecouldsayforsometime.

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